A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together… but is their meeting purely coincidence? You know French auteur Luc Besson for his slick Euro-blockbusters like Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy. But now's your chance to catch him in a more reflective mood, with a life-affirming…
The author Loranne Vella will be reading extracts from her latest work – Marta Marta – at Kixott on 10 June from 19:30. Vella will also be signing copies of the novel, which will be on sale at the venue. A polyphonic novel in Maltese, Marta Marta plunges the reader into varied and opposing viewpoints,…
"Oh, yeah. Bloody hell. I'm sweating in here. Roasting. Boiling. Baking. Sweltering. It's like a sauna. Furnace. You can fry an egg on my stomach. Ohh, who wouldn't lap this up? It's ridiculous. Tremendous. Fantastic. Fan-dabby-dozy-tastic." Sound familiar? FEEL familiar? The heat will do strange things to us all, and former gangster Gal (Ray Winstone)…
Come take a zany trip down an artist's memory lane, where high school doodles get a quirky new lease on life. Mexican-American illustrator, painter and graphic designer Marco Vera will exhibit a series of drawings at Kixott, as 'Random' takes you back where it all began. Former notebook doodles – characterised by comical sketches anchored…
As an old-school style INTERMISSION spliced between our bi-weekly movie nights, Kixott invites silent era film collector Malcolm Demicoli to regale you with classics and oddities from yore – all projected on film reels as god (once) intended. We'll be kicking it all off with an eclectic selection that is bound to amuse and inspire:…
"Mrs Robinson, you're trying to seduce me!" Just ahead of a short summer break for the Kixott crew, we present a vintage seasonal viewing of a coming-of-age classic. Mike Nichols' The Graduate (1967) has since become a staple romantic drama: a taboo busting exploration of rebellious youth and its oddly subversive older counterpart, personified in…
George Clooney. Jennifer Lopez. Steven Sodenbergh. Elmore Leonard. A cooler tonic for the summer swelter you'll scarcely find. The chemistry between the leads sizzles in this delightful and smartly funny story of a robber and a marshal who fall for each other. Come join us for a welcome revisit of this smooth & sexy heist-and-kidnapping…
Kixott Photo Week is finally here! From Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 August Kixott welcomes photography enthusiasts to exchange or sell second-hand photography equipment and even prints. We will also have a qualified repair technician in attendance who can have a look at your gear and offer advice about film cameras. If you'd like to…
As an old-school style INTERMISSION spliced between our bi-weekly movie nights, Kixott invites silent era film collector Malcolm Demicoli to regale you with classics and oddities from yore – all projected on film reels as god (once) intended. Our second screening presents eclectic selection that is bound to amuse and inspire: 👉 Sloppy Jalopey –…
We all know Elisabeth Moss can nail compelling, morally ambiguous characters like few others in the business, and Alex Ross Perry's 'Her Smell' allows her to feast and flaunt her abilities with squeamishly compelling delight. A whirlwind trip of self-destruction and (maybe) redemption, it charts the peaks and troughs of punk rock musician Becky Something,…
For our upcoming film screening, we will be showing Gaza Surf Club. The documentary follows the lives of several surfers from Gaza and it looks into how they navigate their lives and hobbies around and through the highly restricted social, legal and political situation they find themselves in. While at first glance this documentary on…
Come witness the very first non-pornographic move to show sexual intercourse and the female orgasm, on sexy old-fashioned film reels too! Directed by Gustav Machatý and starring the legendary Hedy Lamarr, Ecstasy tells the torrid tale of Eva, who leaves a loveless marriage to pursue a love affair with a virile young engineer. Ecstasy will…
